New mapping application for Ireland’s Shellfish Monitoring Programme

A new mapping application is now available on the Irish Shellfish Biotoxin and Phytoplankton website. Managed by the Marine Institute, the website provides the latest ...

Aquaculture salmon escape detected in Bay of Fundy

St. Andrews, Canada.- Atlantic Salmon Federation researchers have intercepted and removed 53 aquaculture salmon that were attempting to enter the Magaguadavic River through the fishway ...

Conducting research on measures for integrated coastal zone governance

Norway.- “Municipal coastal planners are being subjected to a lot of criticism for failing to take everyone’s interests into account, although they do an important ...

The new gene technology makes it easier to characterize phytoplankton assemblages

Unicellular microorganisms are the most abundant form of life on earth in terms of quantity and variety. In the doctoral dissertation, which is being reviewed ...

Lobster industry on the menu for Tasmania

Australia.- The Morrison Government is funding Tasmanian research to establish the world’s first sustainable onshore lobster aquaculture industry.

A Super Shrimp Designed at BGU Could Help Prevent a Disease that Affects 250 Million People

Israel.- Could single-sex prawns serve the triple goal of alleviating poverty, protecting the environment and reducing disease? BGU researchers Prof. Amir Sagi, who also serves ...

Image Analysis Aids Development of Aquaculture Vaccine Strategy Based on Protein Nanoparticles

Barcelona, Spain.- With the increasing threat of viral diseases to aquaculture, there is an urgent need for new types of vaccines that are efficient and ...

New viruses discovered in endangered wild Pacific salmon populations

Canada.- Three new viruses—including one from a group of viruses never before shown to infect fish—have been discovered in endangered Chinook and sockeye salmon populations.

USSEC successfully launches international aquaculture feed formulation database in Latin America

USSEC organized two seminars and workshops focusing on sustainable aqua nutrition and feed formulation in Guadalajara, Mexico & Guayaquil, Ecuador, respectively, where aquaculture production is ...

Research grant supports reduction in aquaculture antibiotics

Canada.- Aquaculture – or fish farming – is an increasingly important food production source. One that is anticipated to help fill the supply-demand gap as ...